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We have a gym thread, might as well have a ski hill thread. There are rumors of some areas closing early, other have announced their intent to stay open. Some of taken additional food handling precautions, limited seating capacity to keep people spread out as well as only putting groups on chairlifts who are together. It seems that most European ski areas have closed, though, those tend to be run by city municipalities vs. the American model of private ownership/for profit.
If yuh ski/snowboard, is this having an effect on your regular outings, travel or vacation plans?
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I’ve been out the last 2 days as normal. We had 11 inches of snow locally in the last 24 hours. I’d hardly say it was the feeding frenzy mentality that you would normally see, definitely less tourists. I got in line this morning at 8:48 and there may have been 80-100 people waiting, probably a bit less. Saturday powder days with more than 8-10 inches and it will often be more like 200-250 people awaiting first chair. My local hill took no precautions in terms of limiting strangers on the chairlifts. I didn’t go in any of the mid mountain establishments, but the ski racks outside Appeared full. I don’t tend to do the apres scene as it’s usually all business for me with a flask of water and a PBJ in my pocket and then I go home, but it is a local place and I ran into at least 8-10 people that I know socially. Folks seemed to be enjoying themselves as usual and it was a good mental relief from the cumulative stress of CV: work, 401k, lack of eggs in the grocery store....
I’m hoping that my local haunts (Purgatory, Wolf Creek and Silverton Mtn) stay open through mid April as planned. If they do close early, I’m certain it will be financial decisions due to staggering revenue losses of absent tourists/cash flow issues. As annoying as tourists crowds are during Spring Break season, it’s a necessary form of revenue.
If yuh ski/snowboard, is this having an effect on your regular outings, travel or vacation plans?
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I’ve been out the last 2 days as normal. We had 11 inches of snow locally in the last 24 hours. I’d hardly say it was the feeding frenzy mentality that you would normally see, definitely less tourists. I got in line this morning at 8:48 and there may have been 80-100 people waiting, probably a bit less. Saturday powder days with more than 8-10 inches and it will often be more like 200-250 people awaiting first chair. My local hill took no precautions in terms of limiting strangers on the chairlifts. I didn’t go in any of the mid mountain establishments, but the ski racks outside Appeared full. I don’t tend to do the apres scene as it’s usually all business for me with a flask of water and a PBJ in my pocket and then I go home, but it is a local place and I ran into at least 8-10 people that I know socially. Folks seemed to be enjoying themselves as usual and it was a good mental relief from the cumulative stress of CV: work, 401k, lack of eggs in the grocery store....
I’m hoping that my local haunts (Purgatory, Wolf Creek and Silverton Mtn) stay open through mid April as planned. If they do close early, I’m certain it will be financial decisions due to staggering revenue losses of absent tourists/cash flow issues. As annoying as tourists crowds are during Spring Break season, it’s a necessary form of revenue.
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